November 25, 2003

Christmas list

Please don't buy me anything this year, just send cash. If you really must buy something pick something from this list.

Happy tree friends Lumpy T-shirt

O'Reilly's JavaScript & DHTML Cookbook

Extra battery for my 14" iBook

Apple wireless keyboard and/or mouse

Winged Migration DVD

Naqoyqatsi DVD

Baraka DVD

JBL Creature 2.1 Speakers - White

Adobe Creative Suite, Premium

Sauce Pan (3.5-qt.) Master Chef 2 by All-Clad

Showcase for new iPods

Dire Wolf Skull (replica)

Fuel pump for a 1989 YJ, (L64.2, carbureted), ah, hell, it's a wishlist maybe I should just ask for the whole damn engine. Notice that I stopped before asking for too much.

5 Goodyear Wrangler HPs 225/R15

A terascale cluster Okay, maybe just one will do.

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November 19, 2003

Science Links

New whale species may have been found

Clockwork Science, A review of a book I'm reading - Einstein's Clocks, Poincaré's Maps: Empires of Time

Follow Dinosaur Expedition 2003 into Niger.

World's Most Alkaline Life Forms Found Near Chicago "Illinois groundwater scientists have found microbial communities thriving in the slag dumps of the Lake Calumet region of southeast Chicago where the water can reach extraordinary alkalinity of pH 12.8. That's comparable to caustic soda and floor strippers -- far beyond known naturally occurring alkaline environments. "

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November 10, 2003

Kup dies at 91

Kup at the Drake, 2001Irv Kupcinet, Chicago Journalist who's column ran longer then any other in the United States has died at 91. To the right is a shot I got of Kup, having breakfast at the Drake, in 2001.



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